Larry Trainor / Negative Man

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DC Comics character fictional character superhero

Larry Trainor, also known as Negative Man, is a disfigured former Air Force pilot bonded with a radioactive energy being and a core, emotionally tormented member of DC Comics' Doom Patrol.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Larry Trainor / Negative Man canonical	1
Negative Man (physical performer)	1
Negative Man (physical performer) in Doom Patrol	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5550531 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Larry Trainor / Negative Man
Context triple: [Matt Bomer, playedCharacter, Larry Trainor / Negative Man]

A. Darren Cross
Darren Cross is a Marvel Comics supervillain and the primary antagonist in the film "Ant-Man," where he becomes the armored Yellowjacket after attempting to weaponize Pym Particle technology.
B. Absorbing Man
Absorbing Man is a Marvel Comics supervillain, often depicted as a formidable foe of heroes like Thor and the Hulk, who can magically absorb the properties of anything he touches.
C. Guy Gardner
Guy Gardner is a brash and headstrong member of DC Comics' Green Lantern Corps, known for his bold personality and frequent clashes with both allies and enemies.
D. Kurt Wagner
Kurt Wagner is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero better known as Nightcrawler, a blue-skinned, teleporting mutant and member of the X-Men.
E. Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord is a powerful and morally ambiguous DC Comics businessman and manipulator often associated with the Justice League and Wonder Woman.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Larry Trainor / Negative Man
Target entity description: Larry Trainor, also known as Negative Man, is a disfigured former Air Force pilot bonded with a radioactive energy being and a core, emotionally tormented member of DC Comics' Doom Patrol.

A. Darren Cross
Darren Cross is a Marvel Comics supervillain and the primary antagonist in the film "Ant-Man," where he becomes the armored Yellowjacket after attempting to weaponize Pym Particle technology.
B. Absorbing Man
Absorbing Man is a Marvel Comics supervillain, often depicted as a formidable foe of heroes like Thor and the Hulk, who can magically absorb the properties of anything he touches.
C. Guy Gardner
Guy Gardner is a brash and headstrong member of DC Comics' Green Lantern Corps, known for his bold personality and frequent clashes with both allies and enemies.
D. Kurt Wagner
Kurt Wagner is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero better known as Nightcrawler, a blue-skinned, teleporting mutant and member of the X-Men.
E. Maxwell Lord
Maxwell Lord is a powerful and morally ambiguous DC Comics businessman and manipulator often associated with the Justice League and Wonder Woman.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	DC Comics character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ superhero ⓘ
adaptation	Doom Patrol TV series ⓘ linked to: Doom Patrol
alias	Negative Man ⓘ Rebis ⓘ
appearsIn	DC Universe television adaptations ⓘ linked to: DC Comics television series Doom Patrol (comic series) ⓘ linked to: Doom Patrol
associatedWith	Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) ⓘ linked to: Beast Boy Chief (Niles Caulder) ⓘ linked to: Niles Caulder Crazy Jane ⓘ Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr) ⓘ linked to: Elasti-Woman Robotman (Cliff Steele) ⓘ linked to: Robotman
bondedWith	radioactive energy being ⓘ
composedOf	Eleanor Poole ⓘ Larry Trainor ⓘ negative spirit ⓘ
creators	Arnold Drake ⓘ Bob Haney ⓘ Bruno Premiani ⓘ
firstAppearance	Doom Patrol #86 ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear	1964 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasRomanticSubtext	homosexuality (in later interpretations) ⓘ
identityOf	Larry Trainor ⓘ
limitation	negative spirit can only be outside his body for about 60 seconds ⓘ
medium	comic books ⓘ
memberOf	Doom Patrol ⓘ
mergedInto	Rebis ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
occupation	Air Force pilot ⓘ
personalityTrait	emotionally tormented ⓘ guilt-ridden ⓘ self-loathing ⓘ
portrayedBy	Matt Bomer ⓘ Matthew Zuk ⓘ
power	flight via negative spirit ⓘ intangibility via negative spirit ⓘ limited superhuman strength via negative spirit ⓘ projection of a negative energy being ⓘ projection of negative energy being ⓘ
publisher	DC Comics ⓘ
requires	special bandage-like wrappings to contain radiation ⓘ
sideEffect	radioactive body ⓘ
status	disfigured ⓘ
teamAffiliation	Doom Patrol ⓘ
universe	DC Universe ⓘ
weakness	vulnerability when body is left behind ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matt Bomer → playedCharacter → Larry Trainor / Negative Man ⓘ

Matthew Zuk → hasRole → Negative Man (physical performer) ⓘ

linked to: Larry Trainor / Negative Man

Matthew Zuk → notableRole → Negative Man (physical performer) in Doom Patrol ⓘ